Hartford Detectives Seek Man Who Poured Gas On Building

January 19, 2013|By DAVID OWENS, dowens@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

HARTFORD — Major Crimes Division arson detectives are working to determine who poured an accelerant, believed to be gasoline, on a building at 34 Wethersfield Ave. Friday night.

The person who poured the accelerant was confronted by someone and ran off. Before doing so, he said he planned to set the building on fire because of something that happened at the building earlier in the night. The suspect was described as a black male, 5 feet 7 with a beard and dreadlocks. He was wearing a black hoodie and jeans.

Firefighters responded and put a retardant on the accelerant.

Detectives are now working to determine who poured the accelerant.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Lt. Brian Foley, head of the major crimes division, at 860-757-4463.